University Students

HC Deb 03 December 1992 vol 215 cc351-7W

Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scots were attending Scottish universities; and how many students were attending Scottish universities from other parts of the United Kingdom in each year since session 1979–80; and if he will list the regions that all students attending Scottish universities were from in each year since session 1979–80.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 13 November 1992]: The information requested on students attending the eight traditional Scottish universities in the academic years 1979–80 to 1990–91 is given in the tables.

Students attending Scottish universities Full-time postgraduate
Domicile of student	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Total (all domiciles)	4,716	4,758	4,871	4,976	5,261	5,626	6,201	6,689	6,762	6,910	7,387	7,625	8,539
Scotland	2,053	2,299	2,467	2,416	2,522	2,637	2,720	2,705	2,726	2,761	2,862	2,976	3,388
Borders	22	24	29	29	30	44	45	41	23	40	41	35	54
Central	107	122	137	131	134	128	146	159	144	124	116	141	129
Dumfries and Galloway	32	33	32	28	40	45	49	46	51	43	61	38	52
Fife	126	133	132	130	143	156	170	167	156	145	146	159	189
Grampian	185	209	234	207	215	214	203	228	270	247	247	252	349
Highland	44	52	57	49	58	67	62	71	71	75	76	60	70
Lothian	512	536	544	537	515	528	557	539	540	559	596	624	711
Strathclyde	847	999	1,072	1,093	1,165	1,204	1,249	1,212	1,231	1,289	1,315	1,374	1,522
Tayside	165	178	214	190	189	214	219	210	219	208	233	255	271
Islands	13	13	16	22	33	32	20	32	21	31	31	36	41
Not known	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Other United Kingdom	884	851	829	909	1,003	1,088	1,197	1,299	1,306	1,390	1,494	1,539	1,848
England	767	740	726	787	881	963	1,077	1,172	1,160	1,220	1,320	1,358	1,649
Wales	30	33	42	46	48	51	49	45	49	72	68	62	71
Northern Ireland	85	77	61	76	72	74	69	81	96	98	106	119	128
United Kingdom not known	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Overseas	1,779	1,608	1,575	1,650	1,736	1,901	2,284	2,685	2,730	2,759	3,031	3,110	3,303

Full-time undergraduate
Domicile of student	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Total (all domiciles)	38,568	39,688	40,081	39,824	39,588	39,647	40,008	40,541	41,579	42,869	44,966	46,417	49,989
Scotland	29,536	30,198	30,412	29,904	29,129	28,715	27,982	27,744	28,324	29,128	30,045	30,300	31,741
Borders	412	450	495	478	505	513	483	496	489	514	556	550	599
Central	1,477	1,557	1,588	1,589	1,563	1,539	1,545	1,576	1,580	1,629	1,698	1,702	1,783
Dumfries and Galloway	795	835	823	837	799	752	745	719	724	752	764	752	752
Fife	1,785	1,812	1,912	1,861	1,879	1,793	1,710	1,683	1,768	1,823	1,916	1,897	2,028
Grampian	2,324	2,343	2,325	2,243	2,206	2,168	2,132	2,160	2,315	2,444	2,729	2,902	3,099
Highland	1,039	1,041	1,036	1,016	1,009	1,009	995	974	1,009	1,034	1,085	1,111	1,180
Lothian	4,561	4,713	4,717	4,657	4,436	4,375	4,212	4,138	4,294	4,515	4,665	4,696	4,978
Strathclyde	14,549	14,741	14,836	14,544	14,143	13,997	13,632	13,446	13,548	13,718	13,888	13,860	14,271
Tayside	2,292	2,397	2,357	2,359	2,284	2,252	2,202	2,191	2.208	2,287	2,329	2,429	2,627
Islands	292	306	321	320	305	317	326	360	388	411	414	399	423
Not known	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1
Other United Kingdom	6,535	7,071	7,452	7,763	7,992	8,223	8,724	9,196	9,670	10,103	10,824	11,634	13,425
England	5,761	6,206	6,504	6,780	6,902	7,130	7,495	7,901	8,265	8,516	9,011	9,687	11,200
Wales	147	165	162	163	176	176	201	198	214	233	258	289	295
Northern Ireland	627	700	786	819	914	916	1,027	1,096	1,190	1,353	1,555	1,658	1,930
United Kingdom not known	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Overseas	2,497	2,419	2,217	2,157	2,467	2,709	3,302	3,601	3,585	3,638	4,097	4,483	4,823

Total full-time students
Domicile of student	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Total (all domiciles)	43,284	44,446	44,952	44,799	44,849	45,273	46,209	47,230	48,341	49,779	52,353	54,042	58,528
Scotland	31,589	32,497	32,879	32,320	31,651	31,352	30,702	30,449	31,050	31,889	32,907	33,276	35,129
Borders	434	474	524	507	535	557	528	537	512	554	597	585	653
Central	1,584	1,679	1,725	1,720	1,697	1,667	1,691	1,735	1,724	1,753	1,814	1,843	1,912
Dumfries and Galloway	827	868	855	865	839	797	794	765	775	795	825	790	804
Fife	1,911	1,945	2,044	1,991	2,022	1,949	1,880	1,850	1,924	1,968	2,062	2,056	2,217
Grampian	2,509	2,552	2,559	2,450	2,421	2,382	2,335	2,388	2,585	2,691	2,976	3,154	3,448
Highland	1,083	1,093	1,093	1,065	1,067	1,076	1,057	1,045	1,080	1,109	1,161	1,171	1,250
Lothian	5,073	5,249	5,261	5,194	4,951	4,903	4,769	4,677	4,834	5,074	5,261	5,320	5,689
Strathclyde	15,396	15,740	15,908	15,637	15,308	15,201	14,881	14,658	14,779	15,007	15,203	15,234	15,793

Domicile of student	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Tayside	2,457	2,575	2,571	2,549	2,473	2,466	2,421	2,401	2,427	2,495	2,562	2,684	2,898
Islands	305	319	337	342	338	349	346	392	409	442	445	435	464
Not known	10	3	2	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	1	4	1
Other United Kingdom	7,419	7,922	8,281	8,672	8,995	9,311	9,921	10,495	10,976	11,493	12,318	13,173	15,273
England	6,528	6,946	7,230	7,567	7,783	8,093	8,572	9,073	9,425	9,736	10,331	11,045	12,849
Wales	177	198	204	209	224	227	250	243	263	305	326	351	366
Northern Ireland	712	777	847	895	986	990	1,096	1,177	1,286	1,451	1,661	1,777	2,058
United Kingdom not known	2	1	0	1	2	1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0
Overseas	4,276	4,027	3,792	3,807	4,203	4,610	5,586	6,286	6,315	6,397	7,128	7,593	8,126

Part-lime postgraduate
Domicile of student	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Total (all domiciles)	2,964	3,084	3,161	3,158	3,394	3,688	3,585	4,142	4,122	4,480	4,902	5,134	5,549
Scotland	2,327	2,394	2,457	2,447	2,653	2,817	2,916	3,308	3,265	3,490	3,827	3,890	4,162
Borders	21	32	26	22	21	15	18	26	32	44	47	46	44
Central	184	180	172	159	163	167	163	187	185	194	186	169	180
Dumfries and Galloway	18	15	14	22	22	30	22	27	30	31	41	44	40
Fife	160	146	134	164	157	159	172	179	163	173	212	228	227
Grampian	147	148	161	146	183	187	195	265	253	280	353	361	409
Highland	14	17	17	25	25	33	33	30	33	39	49	66	58
Lothian	498	586	621	649	717	768	698	791	780	891	973	996	1,023
Strathclyde	1,087	1,089	1,127	1,085	1,216	1,295	1,440	1,591	1,560	1,608	1,715	1,697	1,879
Tayside	191	179	179	172	146	154	161	195	210	212	234	263	286
Islands	7	2	6	3	3	9	14	17	19	18	17	20	16
Not known	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other United Kingdom	263	289	305	345	350	397	370	440	475	531	567	606	568
England	236	256	277	308	313	357	332	391	433	487	519	558	534
Wales	9	7	8	12	14	19	11	17	15	18	16	15	13
Northern Ireland	17	26	18	25	23	21	24	28	24	25	30	32	21
United Kingdom not known	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	2	1	0
Overseas	374	401	399	364	391	374	299	394	382	459	508	638	819

Part-time undergraduate
Domicile of student	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Total (all domiciles)	650	732	998	1,260	1,546	1,845	2,033	2,285	2,194	1,835	1,674	1,277	1,299
Scotland	525	558	807	1,061	1,321	1,643	1,826	2,080	1,938	1,618	1,497	1,128	1,140
Borders	2	2	8	8	7	8	9	29	12	22	18	15	7
Central	29	61	93	108	131	125	150	178	152	148	126	106	159
Dumfries and Galloway	10	11	21	27	33	35	37	42	39	30	22	11	11
Fife	17	9	25	33	30	38	45	50	45	38	45	35	49
Grampian	9	8	21	34	49	141	177	248	270	252	257	244	231
Highland	8	8	11	20	23	32	27	29	52	42	51	28	16
Lothian	89	77	111	129	149	137	184	197	175	171	178	116	119
Strathclyde	347	365	480	650	828	1,053	1,111	1,214	1,107	818	686	519	471
Tayside	9	8	26	40	57	58	70	74	68	66	97	50	71
Islands	5	8	11	12	14	16	16	17	16	12	15	2	5
Not known	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	19	2	2	1
Other United Kingdom	32	18	43	57	69	78	93	104	128	103	75	42	46
England	26	15	39	50	61	71	86	89	110	86	64	33	39
Wales	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	5	3	4	1	3
Northern Ireland	5	3	4	7	8	4	4	8	13	14	7	7	4
United Kingdom not known	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Overseas	93	156	148	142	156	124	114	101	128	114	102	107	113

Total part-time students
Domicile of student	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Total (all domiciles)	3,614	3,816	4,159	4,416	4,940	5,433	5,618	6,427	6,316	6,315	6,576	6,411	6,848
Scotland	2,852	2,952	3,264	3,508	3,974	4,460	4,742	5,388	5,203	5,108	5,324	5,018	5,302
Borders	23	34	34	30	29	23	27	55	44	66	65	61	51
Central	213	241	265	267	294	292	313	365	337	342	312	275	339
Dumfries and Galloway	28	26	35	49	55	65	59	69	69	61	63	55	51
Fife	177	155	159	197	187	197	217	229	208	211	257	263	276
Grampian	156	156	182	180	232	328	372	513	523	532	610	605	640
Highland	22	25	28	45	48	65	60	59	85	81	100	94	74
Lothian	587	663	732	778	866	905	882	988	955	1,062	1,151	1,112	1,142
Strathclyde	1,434	1,454	1,607	1,735	2,044	2,348	2,551	2,805	2,667	2,426	2,401	2,216	2,350
Tayside	200	187	205	212	203	212	231	269	278	278	331	313	357
Islands	12	10	17	15	17	25	30	34	35	30	32	22	21
Not known	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	19	2	2	1
Other United Kingdom	295	307	348	402	419	475	463	544	603	634	642	648	614
England	262	271	316	358	374	428	418	480	543	573	583	591	573
Wales	10	7	8	12	14	22	14	24	20	21	20	16	16
Northern Ireland	22	29	22	32	31	25	28	36	37	39	37	39	25
United Kingdom not known	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	2	2	0
Overseas	467	557	547	506	547	498	413	495	510	573	610	745	932

Grand total students
Domicile of student	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Total (all domiciles)	46,898	48,262	49,111	49,215	49,789	50,706	51,827	53,657	54,657	56,094	58,929	60,453	65,376
Scotland	34,441	35,449	36,143	35,828	35,625	35,812	35,444	35,837	36,253	36,997	38,231	38,294	40,431
Borders	457	508	558	537	563	580	555	592	556	620	662	646	704
Central	1,797	1,920	1,990	1,987	1,991	1,959	2,004	2,100	2,061	2,095	2,126	2,118	2,251
Dumfries and Galloway	855	894	890	914	894	862	953	834	844	856	888	845	855
Fife	2,088	2,100	2,203	2,188	2,209	2,146	2,097	2,079	2,132	2,179	2,319	2,319	2,493
Grampian	2,665	2,708	2,741	2,630	2,653	2,710	2,707	2,901	3,108	3,223	3,586	3,759	4,088
Highland	1,105	1,118	1,121	1,110	1,115	1,141	1,117	1,104	1,165	1,190	1,261	1,265	1,324
Lothian	5,660	5,912	5,993	5,972	5,817	5,808	5,651	5,665	5,789	6,136	6,412	6,432	6,831
Strathclyde	16,830	17,194	17,515	17,372	17,352	17,549	17,432	17,463	17,446	17,433	17,604	17,450	18,143
Tayside	2,657	2,762	2,776	2,761	2,676	2,678	2,652	2,670	2,705	2,773	2,893	2,997	3,255
Islands	317	329	354	357	355	374	376	426	444	472	477	457	485
Not known	10	4	2	0	0	5	0	3	3	20	3	6	2
Other United Kingdom	7,714	8,229	8,629	9,074	9,414	9,786	10,384	11,039	11,579	12,127	12,960	13,821	15,887
England	6,790	7,217	7,546	7,925	9,157	8,521	8,990	9,553	9,988	10,309	10,914	11,636	13,422
Wales	187	205	212	221	238	249	264	267	283	326	346	367	382
Northern Ireland	734	806	869	927	1,017	1,015	1,124	1,213	1,323	1,490	1,698	1,816	2,083
United Kingdom not known	3	1	2	1	2	1	6	6	5	2	2	2	0
Overseas	4,743	4,584	4,339	4,313	4,750	5,108	5,999	6,781	6,825	6,970	7,738	8,338	9,058